Asking some basic questions here. I guess for having what, like 4-5 CM's plus hundreds of staff for a AAA studio, figuring out how to engage your community or communicate with any regularity/frequency, much less meaningful communication is still just a bridge too far.Just asking if we can actually expect y'all to deliver on your promises to communicate more or if we should just accept that one weak blog post a month is about the best we can expect.

@edgecrusherO0No, then they would actually have to do anything. They try to keep us busy with as low of an effort on their end.So far I'd say they have succeeded.

@edgecrusherO0 we will see, that seems like our only hope at this point.Back to the topic, looking back they averaged a post/game update per week from launch to December 8th, then they went dark.Since then, we had an update on Jan 19th, Feb 1st, Mar 3rd, and Mar 7th with two of those dates corresponding with small game updates (required posts). So since the start of January, 11 weeks, we have had 2 true game updates. One on Feb 1st called the Journey to Season 1 (where all the lies are at), and March 3rd (Core Feedback post - pure comedy).The Journey To Season One is hilarious now if you go back and read it. The opening line reads:You’ve waited patiently to hear from us...What foreshadowing. Who knew this would apply every day since this post.we are heavily invested and committed...Really, I would love to see their definition of heavily invested.working on taking action on multiple fronts...Pull devs, gag order on CMs, reduce earnings projections, got it.We’ve had to make some big decisions...Decisions? You moved the Season 1 release back, that's all you did.This decision gives us the time to focus on improving the Battlefield 2042 experience while finalizing the development of our seasonal content to ensure that it all reaches our standard for quality.You need time to focus on improving the game you released? Isn't that what you do with a live service anyway? You are also going to finalize your seasonal content? It's not done? What?Then they mentioned was the scoreboard, VOIP, and Player Profile in that update, all apparently legacy features. Those are base game features. How can you possibly go to work every day on this team? It's an embarrassment. Who wants a job to work for this clown show? No one in their right mind with those skills is signing up for this. They probably had to force some interns into action at this point. Other launches were bad, but this one just feels different. It might be the complete silence on their end, but too many things point to this being a completely different outcome than BF5 and previous other titles that recovered.

@edgecrusherO0 I am telling you, they have been directed not to interact or respond. There is no other reason that makes any sense why they wouldn't just reply in a few of these threads and say "interesting input, I will pass it along". We don't even get that.

For sure. Nobody at DICE is authorized to talk about 2042 without getting written approval from the General Manager most likely. The Community Managers are probably not allowed to talk about 2042 either without written approval.I've never seen strict gag orders be issued on a released game. EA must be afraid of a Cyberpunk lawsuit happening to them and Sony removing 2042 from the PlayStation Store.

@OskooI_007If they were real community managers, they would be able to interact with us without prior written permission for every post. The fact that they stay silent allows only for one explanation: the meaning of 'community manager' is to manage the community by keeping them busy and quiet and let the game die as soon as possible with the least amount of fuss and anger towards their employer.

Is a quick weekly community update too much for DICE to handle?

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BR-DuaneDibbley
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@edgecrusherO0

No, then they would actually have to do anything. They try to keep us busy with as low of an effort on their end.
So far I'd say they have succeeded.
Ironhead841
Hero
4 years ago
@edgecrusherO0
Apparently so.
RMEChief
Legend
4 years ago
@edgecrusherO0 I am telling you, they have been directed not to interact or respond. There is no other reason that makes any sense why they wouldn't just reply in a few of these threads and say "interesting input, I will pass it along". We don't even get that.
edgecrusherO0
4 years ago
@Adamonic I'm sure, but I (and you and others) am going to keep highlighting how pathetic DICE's ongoing behavior is, and how for all the nice words they'll put in a blog post - actions speak louder than words, and all their actions point to them abandoning the dumpster fire of an incomplete game they sold consumers.
OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
For sure. Nobody at DICE is authorized to talk about 2042 without getting written approval from the General Manager most likely. The Community Managers are probably not allowed to talk about 2042 either without written approval.
I've never seen strict gag orders be issued on a released game. EA must be afraid of a Cyberpunk lawsuit happening to them and Sony removing 2042 from the PlayStation Store.
edgecrusherO0
4 years ago
@OskooI_007 EA's not afraid of lawsuits, and the Cyberpunk class-action was from investors rather than consumers. Investors weren't duped with 2042 like they were with Cyberpunk.
OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@edgecrusherO0 Then why the gag order I wonder.
edgecrusherO0
4 years ago
@OskooI_007 Failed leadership? There actually being no internal plan? Knowing that until they have something positive to say that the better alternative is to say nothing at all?

Lots of reasonable options on the table and it has nothing to do with anything in the legal arena.
BR-DuaneDibbley
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@OskooI_007

If they were real community managers, they would be able to interact with us without prior written permission for every post. The fact that they stay silent allows only for one explanation: the meaning of 'community manager' is to manage the community by keeping them busy and quiet and let the game die as soon as possible with the least amount of fuss and anger towards their employer.
RMEChief
Legend
4 years ago
They could be in the middle of some internal reorganization? The entire clown clan replaced with a real dev team to clean up this mess maybe?